Pikemen WIP

[=Omni=]

I think I can post a new thread for them :)

There are still lots of bugs (skewy bone weighting) and the skin is no 100% done (the helmets, pikes and rapiers are not skinned and I still have some tweaks to do , along with creating the specular map), but that's how the Spanish Late pikemen shoold look like

EDIT: Old sreenshots have been removed and I've added the new ones

Note, that they're still WIP and new some major tweaks (I've just found out that I have to reweight and re-export them again).

Pikemen bracing


Advance!


Still advancing :P


And here you can see the new pose I've created for the first row of the pikes (still WIP though)


And different angle - note different helmets - cabasset and combed morion. There's also the 3rd version of morion (no, not the black one - it's a bug :P ), but they'll be more clearly visible when I finish the skin :)

[SwordsMaster]

I quite like it. Bear in mind though, that while the morrion was an element of protection, many soldiers would just wear hats, bandanas, or nothing, since armour get lost, and it is heavy and uncomfortable to haul around...

[cegorach]

A good beginning !

The unforms of that era were very varied anyway - especially when soldiers came from several countries (usual thing) and some had equipment with them.

I will make it sticky.

[Warluster]

Very good!

have there been screenies posted before?

[=Omni=]

Thanks for the positive feedback :D

I've tweaked the models a little bit, so they look better now, though I still have to play with weighting (because when walking their buttocks poke through the clothes )

@SwordsMaster: I know about armour being heavy, but I like morions so much that it'd be waste to have the pikemen bareheaded Though I think we can have less protected version for un-upgraded pikes and full-armored for upgraded ones (after all they're elite, they shouldn't lose their arnour :D )

@Warluster:

Nope, there's the first time I've posted these screens

@Cegorah:

Great that you like them :) I've send you an e-mail asking for more unit roosters, could you post them? I'm currently looking for European unit roosters, as I want to create other pikemen based on this model.

[SwordsMaster]

Thanks for the positive feedback :D

I've tweaked the models a little bit, so they look better now, though I still have to play with weighting (because when walking their buttocks poke through the clothes )

@SwordsMaster: I know about armour being heavy, but I like morions so much that it'd be waste to have the pikemen bareheaded Though I think we can have less protected version for un-upgraded pikes and full-armored for upgraded ones (after all they're elite, they shouldn't lose their arnour :D )

@Warluster:

Nope, there's the first time I've posted these screens

@Cegorah:

Great that you like them :) I've send you an e-mail asking for more unit roosters, could you post them? I'm currently looking for European unit roosters, as I want to create other pikemen based on this model.

I was just saying it because, since in MIITW we can introduce several head models, it would be nice to have 3-4 morrioned ones, 2-3 bare-headed and 1-2 hat models... You know, mix it up a little.

The fact that they (are supposed to) wear more armour doesn't mean that they are elite, or that they actually wear more armour... Lighter pikemen (picas secas in spanish) would have slightly shorter pikes, leather cuirasses, and morrions or hats/bare heads.

Good job though, it's quality work.

[cegorach]

@Cegorah:

Great that you like them :) I've send you an e-mail asking for more unit roosters, could you post them? I'm currently looking for European unit roosters, as I want to create other pikemen based on this model.

Ehh seems that to my older e-mail account I don't visit too often.

Anyway I suggest to start with something slightly different - the SCOTS - different head (might be used for bare headed later) with the blue bonnet and other changes. Also bearded Russian pikemen is a good pick .

Can you start with those ones ?

Besides I really don't know what kind of morion was used in for example Polish army...